A small issue on the language remains The House Committee’s of the National Assembly (NA) and National Council (NC) have managed to come up with an important recommendation to amend the Legislative Rules of Procedure (LRoP) which would avoid a vote on the BBIN and instead lead to its ‘dismissal’ …

The cabinet around a month ago decided that Bhutan will not join the World Trade Organization (WTO) for now. This is after a joint committee of officials from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), set up around two years ago to study the matter …

A Civil service hike would only be considered once hydro revenue starts flowing in The government on 22nd February, 2017 announced the formation of the third Pay Commission to look into the pay, allowances and benefits of the local government (LG). The commission was formed based on the recommendations of …

In a sign that the Parliament is still trying to resolve the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal Motor vehicles agreement (BBIN) quandary the 4th May Joint Sitting for BBIN was postponed to 15th June. According to a Member of Parliament (MP) this postponement was decided on after a meeting between …

The Parliament’s ‘National Committee on Parliamentary Entitlements’ comprising of members from the ruling party, opposition party and National Council recently met to discuss and propose two entitlement issues that came before it. The first was on exemption of sales tax and customs duty or vehicle quota  for both the outgoing …

Now the challenge in Bhutan is to convince the joint committee and then the joint sitting to defer the BBIN agreement    A release from the Foreign Ministry on 27th April said that Bhutan has decided to give its consent for the activation of the BBIN Agreement among the three member …

The main underlying current against the BBIN agreement started from the exponential increase in the numbers of regional tourists coming into Bhutan with their own vehicles. The vehicles, most of which are from India cannot be directly stopped unless there are specific reasons like lack of immigration clearance or the …

Over the years one of the main financial demands of Bhutan’s big business and industrial sector has been about allowing them to borrow from outside Bhutan given the limited liquidity in Bhutan for major projects. However, the ground reality has been that even the major business houses have not been …

The infamous ‘Water Terrorist,’ Sangay Dorji, who had confessed to the police of having repeatedly dumped bathroom cleaner phenol, paint thinner, paint and kerosene in the water supply of five Mothithang buildings from 2014 to 2016 is out after paying Thrimthue. This was made possible after the Office of the …

The Department of Roads (DoR), under the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement on Friday 14th of April changed the controversial welcome sign by Project Dantak at the entrance of the Paro International Airport. The new sign in the front now reads “Paro Dzongkhag Welcomes you to Bhutan” in English …